Back to the end of the world: Metaphysics bosses hoard supplies for infrastructure construction

Chapter 15 Investigation
Chunyangzi looked at Yun Fangchang and said with a smile: "It was my oversight. I forgot to ask my disciples to clean up after I came back."

"What do you mean?" Yun Fang narrowed his eyes.

Faced with Yun Fangchang's doubts, Chunyangzi showed surprise.

Following the direction of his fingers, everyone saw the pair of mud-covered climbing shoes lying next to Yun Fangchang's feet.

Yun Fangchang was startled, picked up the shoe sole and matched it on the floor, and suddenly fell silent.

The appearance on it is no different.

"Little friend Yun, do you still have doubts?" Chunyangzi smiled warmly.

Xuan Xuzi raised his forehead and said, "I don't know what to say about you because of your temper."

"It's getting late. Let's go back and have a rest early. So do you." Xuan Xuzi shook his head, his eyes swept over Yun Fangchang, and finally landed on Chunyangzi and sighed.

Ruan Qingqing nodded and watched Xuan Xuzi send Chunyangzi away.

"Do they trust me to stay here?" Yun Fangchang thought thoughtfully.

Ruan Qingqing rolled her eyes at him: "You have offended them so much. It would be better if I don't kick you out now."

She took the shoes from Yun Fangchang's hand and put them back.

"Don't you ever have any doubts?" Yun Fangchang spread his hands, but he still felt that Chunyangzi was a little weird.

Ruan Qingqing didn't want to pay attention to him anymore.

She also feels very conflicted now. She did have doubts about Chunyangzi for a short time, but the fact that the shoe prints were exactly the same was there.

Ruan Qingqing put the shoes back and immediately went to clean up the mess on the ground.

It was also at this time that she discovered something unusual on the broken porcelain pieces.

How did the large pieces of soil appear on the smooth porcelain surface, which was not in the bowl?

There are also medicine residues and blood stains on it, which are a bit weird.

Among them, a large number of drugs such as Coptis chinensis and Cinnabar are not suitable for suppressing radiation mutations. They are all good medicines for treating madness.

But who is this medicine for?

She grew up in Shanmen and had never heard of Chunyangzi's mental illness. Even if she tried to cover it up, it would be impossible for her to be so flawless.

Yun Fangchang still wandered around the room looking for clues.

He also saw that Ruan Qingqing's Taoist techniques were ineffective against mutants. So many mutants suddenly appeared in the mountains, and how Chunyangzi found their hiding place safely.

But after walking around the room twice, he returned without success. When he saw Ruan Qingqing still cleaning up there, he went to help.

He suspected Kamijun Yoko without any evidence, which was out of respect for him currently living in his master's house.

He helped Ruan Qingqing clean up the broken tiles. He was thinking about how to express his apology, but was intercepted by Ruan Qingqing.

"Don't pack it up yet, I'll wrap these up in cloth." Ruan Qingqing looked serious.

She also began to suspect that there was a second person in the room besides Junyangzi just now.

It hasn't rained yet, and the ground is extremely moist due to the mist in the mountains. If that person left, his footprints must be there.

Ruan Qingqing put away the tiles, took out a flashlight from the drawer, and prepared to go outside to check the situation.

Yun Fangchang followed suit without asking the reason.

Sure enough, I saw the same footprints in the weeds outside the yard.

Keep going until you disappear into a big hole in the earthen wall.

Ruan Qingqing and Yun Fangchang looked at each other in silence and checked the situation in the yard respectively.

Ruan Qingqing walked to the iron fence on the side and was surprised to find that the iron door was open.

She followed the path through the iron gate and walked out.

At night, except for the place where the flashlight shines, the surroundings are dark.

The further she walked away, the clearer Ruan Qingqing felt that there were countless eyes staring at her from behind.

Suddenly she felt a layer of coldness passing over her ankle.

Ruan Qingqing shined a flashlight into it and discovered that it was a black snake with two human eyes on its head.

There are two pairs of bat wings on the smooth body.

When its eyes are stimulated by light, they will squint just like humans.

Before Ruan Qingqing could catch it, he burrowed into the grass in despair. "That should be a nuclear-contaminated green snake. It's poisonous. You'd better not touch it." Yun Fangchang reminded.

"How are you sure there is one?" All creatures contaminated by nuclear radiation are unknown, but Ruan Qingqing could hear the certainty in Yun Fangchang's tone.

"I've seen him in the team before." Yun Fangchang said simply and clearly.

Mutations occurred earlier abroad than in China. Before he retired from the army, he had seen some nuclear-contaminated creatures there, but when it came to being sure, he seemed to have never seen such creatures.

That little snake felt very familiar to him.

Just when the two of them were about to ignore the mutated creature, the little snake swam back toward them.

Seeing that Ruan Qingqing and the others did not follow him, it jumped out again and boldly circled Ruan Qingqing's calf, but did not really use its body to circle Ruan Qingqing tightly.

Ruan Qingqing was startled by the snake's behavior.

As soon as she took out the silver needle in her hand to drive it away, it quickly swam away again.

I thought it was frightened.

But Ruan Qingqing and the others went in the wrong direction with it, so it turned back.

The behavior is very strange.

"Does it want us to follow it?" Yun Fangchang was the first to ask questions.

Ruan Qingqing nodded.

She saw that the snake was quite spiritual, and she probably really wanted to take them to see something.

The two continued to walk deeper and farther from the Taoist temple. Ruan Qingqing marked the way to prevent getting lost.

Not long after, they found a secret door in the grass.

The snake folded its wings and nimbly slipped in along the door's vent.

Ruan Qingqing looked around and felt that her feet were a little sore from walking.

When he raised his eyes, he actually looked up and saw a residual light flickering on the towering highway bridge.

It was dark, with only a bright moon hanging high above it.

This place is located at the border between the city and the countryside, and this secret pavilion is well hidden.

The moonlight doesn't come in, and even if you don't shine the lamp carefully, you can't see her hiding in the grass.

Ruan Qingqing posted a few yellow talismans at the entrance and pried them open easily.

The moment the door opened, a foul smell wafted out.

Ruan Qingqing covered her nose. There was a smell of decaying corpses in it.

"Shall we go down and take a look?" Yun Fangchang frowned slightly.

"Yeah." Ruan Qingqing gritted her teeth and endured the taste and followed.

When they were almost at the bottom, Yun Fangchang still convinced her.

Down below, the stench was even more pronounced, and the temperature was so low that it made people shiver.

The underground area is larger, like a sewer, but there is no sound of water flowing.

Ruan Qingqing held up a flashlight and could barely see the two rows of culture tanks.

Is this an underground laboratory?

"Hiss."

The little snake that had led them here appeared in front of them again.

Its eyes have night vision capabilities, but they do not reflect light like the irises of other nocturnal animals.

If you weren't aware of its existence in advance, its strange appearance would probably scare an adult.

Ruan Qingqing approached the training tank and wiped off the water mist on its surface.

It was found that there was nothing in it except the culture fluid, and the nameplates on the ground were all corroded, and the words on them were no longer distinguishable due to age.

Why did the snake bring them here.

Ruan Qingqing was confused when she suddenly heard a clanging sound.

(End of this chapter)